• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.69-87
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors related to the willingness to have a child, parental age at first child's birth, and the planned number of children. The data came from the Korean General Social Survey from the Survey Research Center at Sung Kyun Kwan University. The sample data set included 488 men and women between the ages of 18 and 49. The major findings are as follows. First, gender, age, satisfaction with family relations, the value of marriage, the value of family succession, and willingness to increase spending on education significantly affected the willingness to have a child among unmarried and married participants without children. Second, among people willing to have a child, the factors that influenced parental age at first child's birth were gender, education, satisfaction with household economic condition, the value of marriage, and the willingness to increase spending on education. Third, across the sample, the planned number of children was decided by satisfaction of family relations, the value of childbirth, the value of marriage, and home ownership. Overall, the value of marriage was the factor most strongly associated with the three dependent variables. The more a person agree with living with their partner before marriage, the more willing they were to give birth, the younger they were when they became a parent, and the more children they planned to have. The higher satisfaction of family relations, the higher willingness to have a child, and the more children a participant planned to have. In addition, the more a participant was willing to increase spending on education, the higher their willingness was to have a child and the older they were when they became a parent.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.86-101
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• 1996

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether there were differences between the Paternal child rearing Involvement and the Parental Satisfaction according to child's sex, father's age and the birth order of child. The subjects surveyed were 271 fathers 132 in their thiries and 139 in their forties who live in Kwang-ju. And the children considered are 128 boys and 143 girls. Among them, first-born children are 143 members, second-born are 103, and third-born are 25. Factor analysis, frequencies, mean, standard deviation, Cronbach's α, one way-ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and step-wise regression are used for data-analysis. The main results were as follows : (1) There were some significant differences in the Paternal child rearing Involvement according to the child's sex, while there was no difference as related the father's age and the birth-order of child. (2) The were some significant differences in the father's Parental Satisfaction which is involved child's sex and the father's age, but there was no difference as to the birth-order of child. (3) There were some significant differences between the Paternal Child rearing Involvement and the Parental Satisfaction, and between its subfactor and the Parental Satisfaction, too. (4) The result of the step-wise regression, which analyses the Paternal child rearing Involvement and the background variables as to father's Parental Satisfaction, shows the Parent-child relationship variable (accounted for about32% of the general variation), spouse support, support of children, general satisfaction, and parent's role conflict at intensity in order. Of the above mentioned five fields, house-activities were the first factor in determining this order. And the personal interaction plays an important role in fulfilling general satisfaction and the support of children. The leisure-action factor was the second explanatory factor in establishing the parent-child relationship. Finally father's age was the fourth explanatory factor in assessing the parent-child relationship variable considering the background variables.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.97-108
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• 1994

This study attempted to explore the parents' parental satisfaction in Korea. Subjects who were selected nationwidely consisted of 1237 parents with children of the kindergarten and primary school. Parental Satisfaction Scale was used to examine the related variables pertaining to parental satisfaction. The results yielded the following conclusions; 1) The period of the transition to parenthood was too short. The mean interval between marriage and first child birth was 14.4 months. 2) Whereas fathers experienced greater parental role fulfillment than mother did mothers' employment status was not correlated with parental satisfaction. 3) Number and gender of the child and parent's educational attainment were related to parental satisfaction. However age at parental onset was not found as the related variable.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.169-197
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• 2012

최근 근로자의 일과 가정생활의 균형을 도모하기 위한 방안으로 육아휴직 지원제도의 확대가 필요하다는 주장이 종종 제기되고 있다. 그러나 육아휴직의 이용은 출산 후 고용의 연속성을 보장함과 동시에 개인의 인적자본을 감퇴시켜 장기적으로 근로활동을 저해할 수 있다는 점에서 보다 세심한 접근이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 지난 2001년에 도입된 육아휴직급여제도의 단계적인 확대가 여성의 제도 이용률과 근로 연속성을 증진시켰는지를 조사하였다. 분석 결과, 육아휴직급여의 증액이 여성근로자의 육아휴직 이용률을 증가시킨 것으로 나타났다. 또한 육아휴직급여의 증가로 인해 출산 후 노동시장 복귀율이 단기적으로는 낮아졌으나, 장기적으로는 부정적인 효과의 크기가 줄어드는 경향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 동일 직장으로의 복귀 가능성에 대한 부정적인 효과는 장기적으로도 지속되는 것으로 확인되었다. 추가적으로 육아휴직급여의 증가로 인해 사업장 단위에서 가임기 여성근로자의 비중이 변하였다는 증거를 발견하지 못하였다. 이러한 결과는, 고용보험 피보험자 자격을 동반한 근로활동만을 분석했다는 한계점이 존재하나, 여성의 경제활동 참여를 장려하기 위한 정책수단으로서 육아휴직급여 확대는 실효성이 없음을 암시한다. 한편, 육아휴직제도의 보다 포괄적인 평가를 위해서는 여성의 고용안정뿐만 아니라 아동의 발달 측면에서의 분석이 필요하므로 이 분야에 대한 정책적 관심이 요구된다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.105-138
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• 2009

지난 20여 년간의 지속적인 출산율 감소 현상에 대응한 최근의 정책논의에서 출산율 감소에 대한 이론적 논의는 많이 이루어진데 반해 실증적 연구 결과의 양은 아직 빈약한 수준이다. 본 연구는 출산율 감소의 가장 중요한 원인 중의 하나로 이해되는 여성의 임금수준이 1980년대 이후의 출산율에 미친 영향을 실증적으로 분석한다. 기간모형을 이용하여 출산율의 한 구성요소인 출산 간격을 분석한 결과, 1980년부터 2005년까지의 두 번째 출산확률의 감소 중 여성 임금의 변화가 약 17%를 설명하는 것으로 나타났다. 자료의 한계로 인해 통제되지 못한 변수가 존재하나, 최소한 여성의 임금수준이 출산에 미치는 총체적 효과의 크기를 제시하는 하나의 추정치로서 의미가 있다. 임금으로 표현되는 여성의 노동시장에서의 기회비용 상승이 자녀에 대한 수요를 감소시킨다는 사실은 출산율 저하가 경제발전에 따르는 현상임을 암시한다. 따라서 출산율 제고와 여성의 고용 증진은 동시에 추구해야 할 정책목표로 보이고, 이를 달성하기 위해 정부는 자녀양육에 대한 여성의 노동시장에서의 기회비용을 줄이는 포괄적인 가족친화정책을 고려할 필요가 있다.